1.New locality record of Isomyia paurogonita Fang & Fan, 1986 (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo
Heo, C.C. ; Aisha, S. ; Kurahashi, H. ; Omar, B
Tropical Biomedicine 2013;30(1):159-163
Isomyia paurogonita Fang & Fan, 1986 (Diptera: Calliphoridae), a rare species of
the subfamily Rhiniinae (tribe Cosminini) was recorded for the first time in Malaysia. We
collected one male and two females during a field trip conducted at Genting Highland,
Pahang, peninsular Malaysia in May 2011. A 3-day old cow liver was offered as attractant and
dipterans collected were transferred to the laboratory for specimens processing and
identification. The adults of I. paurogonita were attracted to the odour and then captured by
using a sweep net. Isomyia paurogonita was also recorded from two other localities in
Peninsular and Malaysian Borneo, namely Gombak Utara, Selangor and Sibu, Sarawak.
2.A new record for Lispe orientalis Wiedemann, 1824 (Diptera: Muscidae) from peninsular Malaysia
Chew, W.K. ; Kurahashi, H. ; Nazni, W.A. ; Heo, C.C. ; Heah, S.K. ; Jeffery, J. ; Lee, H.L.
Tropical Biomedicine 2012;29(3):489-492
Lispe orientalis Wiedemann, 1824 is recorded for the first time in peninsular Malaysia. Specimens were collected from a mushroom cultivation farm in Genting Highlands,
Pahang (3°25’18"N 101°47’48"E). Previously, this species had been recorded from Azerbaijin, India, Russia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey and South Korea. The male of Lispe orientalis can be determined by the following characteristics: body non-metallic, ashy gray, third antennal segment black, R5 cell not narrow apically, hind metatarsus normal, legs entirely black, femora with long bristle-like hairs on av and pv surfaces, hind tibia without av and pv seta and the palpi orangish in colour.